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A fisherman presents a dangling bouquet of colorful octopi, the object of his fishing expedition. Creating texture with applications of illustration paper and adding color with oil pigments, Indira Castellon creates a unique collage. "I explore the relationship between predator and prey," she explains. The painting arrives in a mat board passe-partout.

Titled "La pesca" in Spanish.

Butterflies dance to the music of a violin. Inspired by her love for music, Marita Peña Mora depicts a young woman in concert dress. Rich textures and vibrant colors underscore the girl's youth, as the artist reveals her own romanticism through her subject.

Titled "Allegro con violin" in Spanish.

Passionate color embraces a couple who sit close together. The man plays his guitar as both share a moment of quietude. By Harman, this radiant painting uses cubist style to confer a sensation of universality to the scene. "This is a couple of lovers who have a lifetime promise to be together. They want a peaceful and happy life together, just as a rhythm and melody of a guitar go hand in hand," the artist says.

Guatemalan artisan Nicolas Chavez Sojuel designs a sculpture to depict a Mayan midwife standing atop a base, carving it by hand of cedar wood. Small details, such as the decorations on her clothing, the jewelry she wears, and her elaborate headdress are realized with a keen eye. In ancient Mayan society, Mayan noblewomen and midwives often wore decorative headdresses in order to accommodate enlarged craniums due to body alteration practices.

A Mayan midwife is realized in cedar atop a pinewood base. Guatemalan artist Nicolas Chavez Sojuel hand-carves this sculpture, detailing the midwife's elaborate jewelry and headdress. She sits with legs crossed, a child held close to her breast. For the artist, this sculpture presents a view of quotidian Mayan life, as the midwives would often take their children along with them as they worked.